Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu throws against the Giants on Thursday. He pitched seven shutout innings to earn his third win of the season. JEFF CHIU, AP

SAN FRANCISCO – Hyun-Jin Ryu is so far from home – maybe every game feels like a road game.

Ryu extended his road scoreless streak with another seven shutout innings Thursday afternoon as the Dodgers avoided a sweep in San Francisco with a 2-1 victory over the Giants.

The Dodgers lost the first two games of the series in which each game was decided by one run. The two rivals combined for just 11 runs over 32 innings in the series, going 10 for 56 (.179) with runners in scoring position - including 0 for 10 with the bases loaded.

“This is a tough place to score,” Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. “You get to Arizona and some other places -- the infield is fast, you see the ball really well, there’s no weather. Here, you’ve gotta crush it to hit a ball out of the ballpark. It’s tough to score here.

“They’ve got good pitching and they know what they’re doing with how they pitch you and the way they attack our guys.”

Ryu did his part with seven fairly effortless innings. Hunter Pence singled with one out in the first inning and stole second base. The Giants didn't get another runner to second until Ehire Adrianza doubled off Dodgers reliever Brian Wilson in the eighth inning.

Ryu has now made four starts on the road this season and has not allowed a run in 26 innings. Stretching back to last season, he has not allowed a run in his past 28 innings on the road. In his only start at Dodger Stadium this season (against the Giants), Ryu allowed eight runs in two innings.

“It was a really big game today,” Ryu said through his translator. “Going back to last time I faced them and having two tough losses the last two nights, I focused a little more. I felt my control was really good. I kept the ball down all day.”

When he didn’t, Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig took over.

With a runner on first and one out in the second inning, Puig tried to non-chalantly one-hand a fly ball at his side – very much his usual style. But he dropped this one -- then picked it up and rifled a throw on a line to second base to force the runner from first.

“Not everybody is the same. Sometimes, I’m different,” Puig said of his one-handed style.

Two batters later, Puig made an outstanding running, over-the-shoulder catch of Gregor Blanco's drive to the warning track in right field.

“I was very prepared for the second catch,” Puig said, admitting the dropped ball was “a play I would normally make.”

“We talked before the game about being prepared in this stadium because the wind is tough here. They said you have to quickly get to the spot where you think it’s going to be.”

In the sixth inning, it was Kemp’s turn. He ran down Michael Morse’s long drive to the warning track in right-center field.

“Yasiel made two plays – the one over his head and then the one coming out of nowhere,” Mattingly said, referring to an eighth-inning play in shallow center field. “He’s been incredible out there. He really has. I was thinking about it during that game. If there’s a guy you want out there when you need to make a play or throw a guy out or something, Yasiel’s the guy because he’s been incredible out there this year.”

The Dodgers’ bullpen has not only been far short of incredible, it has yet to live up to expectations. Making his first appearance since returning from the DL, Wilson gave up a leadoff double in the eighth and a walk before working his way out of trouble.

In the ninth, closer Kenley Jansen continued his recent run of rough outings. Morse reached on a third-strike wild pitch and came around to score after a walk and a two-out RBI single by Ehire Adrianza.

Jansen got the save but has allowed runs in four of his past six outings and 18 baserunners in nine innings this season.

“That’s kind of typical right now for us,” Mattingly said. “It seems like nothing’s coming easy. When we get leads, we’ve been kind of letting teams back in it and having to use him. And when we get chances to put one away, it’s never easy.

“I’m hoping this smooths out. The starting pitching has kind of started it now. Hopefully that momentum will continue where we get good outings from the starters and we can kind of get our bullpen regulated and everyone’s rested the way we want.”

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